Recaps

Lin Yuan decided to attempt Heavenly Tempering despite Gu Yuena’s warning that the Heavenly Tribulation might settle old debts, and he planned to inlay divine artifacts into his battle armor. A week later, the academy’s leaders and his companions gathered at the Hidden Forging Platform to witness his attempt, which had not yet begun.

• Gu Yuena warned Lin Yuan that Heavenly Tempering’s tribulation could target him for interfering with the cause and effect of soul beasts becoming gods, but Lin Yuan remained willing to proceed.
• Gu Yuena asked what Lin Yuan wanted to inlay into his battle armor, and he chose the Golden Linglong Jade and Bloody Battle Blade.
• Lin Yuan told Gu Yuena he would design the armor, and she said it would take one week.
• Lin Yuan informed Wang Tianyu, Yang Hui, and others that he planned to attempt Heavenly Tempering, and Ling Zichen excitedly arranged the preparations.
• A week later, Ling Zichen, Yang Hui, Wang Tianyu, Tang Miao, Meng Fei, Gu Yuena, Lan Xuanyu, and others gathered at the Academy Hidden Forging Platform as Yang Zhen reflected on Lin Yuan’s age and the rarity of Heavenly Tempering attempts.

Little Dragon God voiced his dependence on Lin Yuan while Lin Yuan began forging Sinking Silver through Heavenly Tempering. After completing Soul Forging in three strikes, Lin Yuan summoned a heavenly tribulation and drew in nine elements for his first Divine Forging attempt.

• Little Dragon God told Gu Yuena that he wanted to learn Core Formation Inscription and Battle Armor design so he could make Lin Yuan's Battle Armor, and Gu Yuena revealed Lin Yuan was forging a Four-Word Battle Armor called Cosmic Constellations.
• Little Dragon God said the world would have no meaning if Lin Yuan were gone, and Gu Yuena redirected his attention to Lin Yuan's forging.
• Gu Yuena sealed the space as Lin Yuan began Heavenly Tempering on Sinking Silver, purifying it and completing Spirit Forging with his second strike.
• Lin Yuan completed Soul Forging with his third strike, astonishing the watching experts by doing so without Fusion Forging.
• Lin Yuan summoned a heavenly tribulation and called on nine elements, prompting Ling Zichen to realize he was attempting an unprecedented Nine-Element Divine Forging.

Lin Yuan began nine-element Heavenly Tempering, drawing the Heavenly Tribulation and the Eternal Tree’s aid while discovering that his Weak Force could absorb and transform the lightning. He provoked the heavens and countered the next barrage with Star Rise, creating a seventy-meter sphere in the sky as eight bolts struck it.

• Lin Yuan ignored Tang Miao’s warning and began Heavenly Tempering the Sinking Silver with nine elements, imprinting their laws into the metal.
• A nine-colored cloud merged with the storm, and the first bolt of Tribulation Lightning struck the metal while Lin Yuan shielded it with Soul Power.
• The Eternal Tree extended a branch to help Lin Yuan endure the tribulation, and his Weak Force broke down the remaining lightning and absorbed it as nourishment.
• Lin Yuan challenged the Heavenly Tribulation to send stronger lightning, prompting it to gather power for a greater attack.
• Lin Yuan used his fourth Soul Ring, Star Rise, to create a small planet in the sky, and eight nine-colored bolts struck it.

Lin Yuan completed Divine Forging by enduring the Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning with help from the Eternal Tree and the Douluo Planet Core. As the Federation celebrated his achievement, Lan Xuanyu admitted that he feared growing distant from his big brother.

• Wang Tianyu installed a lightning rod on the Eternal Tree and vowed to help Lin Yuan withstand the tribulation, prompting the Heavenly Tribulation to strike the tree.
• The Douluo Planet Core and Lin Yuan redirected the lightning into the metal, and the Heavenly Tribulation withdrew after exhausting its power.
• Lin Yuan completed Heavenly Tempering and took the transformed metal in hand, deciding to use it for Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Yang Hui, Wang Tianyu, and Meng Fei celebrated Lin Yuan's success, and Meng Fei offered Federation access to a piece of the Tang Sect's top technology.
• Lan Xuanyu told the Treasure-Seeking Beast that he felt unable to keep up with Lin Yuan and feared becoming no different from the women around his big brother.

Lin Yuan continued forging Sinking Silver through repeated Heavenly Tribulations, while Ling Zichen tried to honor Tang Hao with a plate of stir-fried chives. He invited Little Dragon God to endure the tribulation with him, then prepared to inscribe the Core Formation Inscription for his Battle Armor, which Lan Xuanyu volunteered to do.

• Lan Xuanyu confessed that he felt powerless whenever Lin Yuan faced danger, but he pulled himself together when Tang Miao called attention to Lin Yuan forging again.
• Lin Yuan forged without a hammer, completing repeated rounds of Thousand-Forging, Spirit Forging, and Soul Forging as the Eternal Tree approached him and offered life-rich droplets.
• Ling Zichen cooked chives in a metal wok and poured them out, explaining through her thoughts that it was all she could do for Tang Hao.
• Lin Yuan called Little Dragon God over and used Nine-Element Tribulation Lightning to temper his body, awakening his affinity with the power the Dragon God once wielded.
• Lin Yuan completed eleven pieces of Divine Forging and told Gu Yuena he was ready to inscribe the Core Formation Inscription and forge his Battle Armor.
• Lan Xuanyu volunteered to inscribe the Core Formation Inscription for Lin Yuan, surprising him and amusing Yang Hui.

Lan Xuanyu insisted on inscribing the Core Formation Inscription for Lin Yuan’s Four-Word Battle Armor, and Lin Yuan agreed to guide him through it. Xuanyu succeeded but collapsed from exhaustion, then spent the next four weeks helping complete the armor’s remaining components.

• Lan Xuanyu asked to inscribe Lin Yuan’s Core Formation Inscription, and Lin Yuan agreed despite Wang Tianyu’s concerns.
• Lan Xuanyu studied Gu Yuena’s Battle Armor blueprint for a day before beginning the inscription at the forging station.
• Lin Yuan guided the sentient Sinking Silver while Lan Xuanyu carved the formation, then Lan Xuanyu used a Bloodburst Fruit to continue when he grew exhausted.
• Lan Xuanyu and Lin Yuan stabilized the formation with their blood, completing a sleeve-like piece of Lin Yuan’s Battle Armor, and Lin Yuan caught Xuanyu when he collapsed.
• Over the next four weeks, Lan Xuanyu helped Lin Yuan forge the other ten components and fuse Black Horn’s Quasi-Divine Artifact and Golden Roc’s Divine Artifact into them.
• Lin Yuan announced the success of Cosmic Constellations, and Lan Xuanyu asked what his Battle Armor domain was.

Lin Yuan turned down Lan Xuanyu’s invitation to a gathering, then authorized the Beast God to join the Federation’s war against the Longma Galaxy. After Lan Xuanyu left, the Treasure-Seeking Beast confronted Lin Yuan, claiming he did not care enough about the Dragon God.

• Lin Yuan told Lan Xuanyu that his Four-Word Battle Armor needed time to adapt and said he did not yet know its domain.
• Lan Xuanyu invited Lin Yuan to dinner with his friends, but Lin Yuan declined because he was busy with Federation affairs.
• Lin Yuan authorized the Beast God to join the Federation’s regional war against the Longma Galaxy.
• Lan Xuanyu lingered after saying goodbye, and Lin Yuan teased him for being clingy before he finally left.
• The Treasure-Seeking Beast separated from Lan Xuanyu’s bloodline and accused Lin Yuan of lacking concern for the Dragon God.

Lin Yuan learned that Little Dragon God had requested a battlefield for his final assessment because he wanted to keep pace with Lin Yuan. After deciding to take a break from work, Lin Yuan chose to join the assessment so he could protect Xuanyu and test his Battle Armor.

• The Treasure-Seeking Beast told Lin Yuan that Little Dragon God had hoped to join him at the banquet and final exams, and revealed that Little Dragon God had requested a battlefield assessment.
• Lin Yuan told the Treasure-Seeking Beast to keep their conversation secret and worried over Little Dragon God facing war directly.
• Lin Yuan gave Myriad Demon King time off, and Myriad Demon King excitedly called Xiao Qi to arrange a night out.
• Lin Yuan visited Xiao Qi and asked to join Xuanyu and the others for their battlefield final assessment, saying he wanted to protect them and test his Battle Armor.

Lin Yuan persuaded the Federation and academy to let him secretly join the assessment so he could see Lan Xuanyu. After returning to class, he learned why Tang Yuge was distraught, then heard the final examination arrangements.

• Lin Yuan convinced Xiao Qi, Ling Zichen, and Yang Hui to allow him to leave in secret and travel under a different identity.
• A week later, Lin Yuan visited class and noticed that Tang Yuge seemed withdrawn.
• Lan Xuanyu told Lin Yuan that Tang Yuge had learned the truth about her parents in Seven Sacred Abyss and wanted to escape her family.
• Xiao Qi announced that most students would challenge the second-years in a continuous one-on-one class battle, while Lin Yuan, Lan Xuanyu, Dong Qianqiu, Liu Feng, and Tang Yuge were excluded.

Lan Xuanyu and his companions agreed to undertake a real battlefield assessment on Longma Seventy-Six Resource Star, while Lin Yuan was assigned to the stellar war front. Xiao Qi warned them that a Titled Douluo would hunt them during the test, leaving them to figure out how to steal his bell without Lin Yuan’s help.

• Qian Lei hesitated over the dangerous assessment, but Lan Xuanyu and the others reaffirmed that they would take it.
• Xiao Qi briefed Lan Xuanyu’s group on the unstable Longma Seventy-Six Resource Star and their mission to explore it and seek Void Source Crystals.
• Xiao Qi explained that the assessment would take place on a real battlefield, and the students chose to proceed despite his offer of an alternative task.
• Xiao Qi revealed that an examiner would hunt the group and that they had to take the bell on his body to win.
• Xiao Qi said the examiner was a Titled Douluo who would not use Soul Skills, and Lin Yuan confirmed he would not join the students because he was heading to the stellar war front.

Lin Yuan and Lan Xuanyu received orders for the Longma Galaxy battlefield, where Lan Xuanyu was secretly tasked with bringing Lin Yuan back at any cost. After Lin Yuan departed, Myriad Demon King grew attached to the Eternal Tree’s branch, which was actually Ah Yin.

• Xiao Qi told Lan Xuanyu’s team that they would leave for the Longma Galaxy the next day, while Lin Yuan stayed behind to receive instructions for the front lines.
• Myriad Demon King explained that Beast God had held back the Longma Galaxy’s Divine Rank fighters, helping the Federation gain ground around Longma Seventy-Sixth Resource Planet.
• Lin Yuan boarded a military warship and departed for the Longma Galaxy.
• Xiao Qi privately ordered Lan Xuanyu to bring Lin Yuan back at all costs if he encountered danger, and Lan Xuanyu agreed.
• Myriad Demon King tenderly stroked the Eternal Tree’s branch and imagined traveling with Ah Yin, while the sleeping Ah Yin shuddered and thought her husband was touching her.

Lin Yuan joined the Federation Seventh Fleet as it prepared to execute the Source Crystal Plan against the Longma Galaxy. The plan’s premature detonation devastated the enemy fleet, while Tianma revealed that he had anticipated the Sky Control Clan’s decline and arranged to profit from the crisis.

• Lin Yuan earned the Seventh Fleet soldiers’ recognition by treating the wounded and joining combat missions while learning warfare from General Bai Ling.
• Bai Ling explained that the Federation planned to seize the Longma Seventy-Sixth Resource Planet and its void source crystals, and Lin Yuan agreed to proceed.
• Several Longma warships exploded after their longyuan crystals were destroyed, and Bai Ling ordered the Federation fleet to maximize its shields and thrust while Lin Yuan told Lan Xuanyu to move out.
• Tianma questioned Zhong Zhichang about the Federation discovering the Longyuan Crystal Plan, then said the explosion had eliminated an unstable factor and bought time for Brother Jiang’s seclusion.
• Tianma explained that he suspected the Sky Control Clan’s void source crystal production was declining and had secretly transferred out its crystals over the years.
• Tianma ordered Zhong Zhichang to leave the Seventy-Sixth Resource Star to the Federation as an empty planet and to preserve the Sky Control Clan’s elders as nourishment for Brother Jiang.

Lan Xuanyu's team prepared to enter Longma Seventy-Sixth Resource Planet, where they would face their final assessment under wartime conditions. After Lin Yuan opened a wormhole, Lan Xuanyu assigned roles and demanded that everyone follow his commands, leaving the team ready to deploy.

• Lin Yuan warned Lan Xuanyu's group to stay safe and said their accompanying Trial Officer would protect them, while the others teased him about his uniform.
• Lin Yuan wished the group success in their final assessment and revealed that he had opened a wormhole for them.
• Lan Xuanyu briefed the team on disguising themselves as natives, targeting a five-ring native, and relying on Qian Lei's provisions and the team's combat skills.
• Lan Xuanyu confronted Tang Yuge about working with the boys during the operation, and she agreed to try to cooperate with the team.
• Lan Xuanyu ordered everyone to prioritize survival and obey his commands after entering the resource planet.

Lan Xuanyu and his companions reached Longma Seventy-Six Resource Star and discovered its spatial protective layer made a direct approach impossible. As Lan Xuanyu devised a risky way to exploit the changing battlefield, Lin Yuan launched his fighter to join the fight, leaving the group to carry out their exam plan.

• Lan Xuanyu rallied his companions, assigned their roles, and flew toward a wormhole with anomalous radar readings.
• Lin Yuan rejected General Bai Ling’s attempt to dissuade him, insisting that he would not abandon his crew, and set off in his fighter as Bai Ling ordered the pilots to cover him.
• Three days later, Lan Xuanyu and his companions observed Longma Seventy-Six Resource Star and concluded its spatial protective layer was likely guarding against the Longma Galaxy.
• When the group worried that they could not infiltrate the star, Lan Xuanyu proposed catching their opponents off guard and explained a plan that made Yuanen Huihui uneasy.
• Lan Xuanyu defended his willingness to use dark methods for his brother’s sake, then openly called himself a brother-con, prompting teasing from Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu.

Lan Xuanyu and his companions confronted the Sky Control Clan over its Void Source Crystals, but their deception spiraled into violence. Lin Yuan arrived to save them, only for Lan Xuanyu to steal his bell and escape, leaving Lin Yuan furious.

• Lan Xuanyu boasted about his bond with Lin Yuan and teased Lan Mengqin about her relationship with Dong Qianqiu while Lin Yuan watched the group hesitate nearby.
• Lin Yuan sensed Sky Control Clan members approaching and rushed toward Lan Xuanyu and his companions using Formless and Shinra Tensei.
• Lan Xuanyu demanded that the Sky Control Clan surrender its Void Source Crystals, but a Sky Control Clan powerhouse refused and called for proof of his authority.
• Lan Xuanyu lured the powerhouse closer, then killed him with the Heavenly Saint Rift Abyss Halberd after a dragon roar stunned him.
• Lin Yuan appeared and suppressed the Sky Control Clan members, but Lan Xuanyu took his bell, thanked him, and escaped with his companions.

Lin Yuan’s attempt to manipulate the Sky Control Clan was disrupted by Little Dragon God’s attack, so he improvised by threatening the clan and letting its members believe he was a High-Ranking Dragon. Lan Xuanyu’s group survived their encounter with Lin Yuan and chose to continue deeper into Longma territory, leaving their next move planned after a brief rest.

• Lin Yuan decided to report the Sky Control Clan’s alleged disloyalty to the Chief Seat and claimed Tianlong Planet was developing its spatial technology.
• Lin Yuan’s threats convinced the Sky Control Clan members that High-Ranking Dragons intended to destroy them, while they learned their king was considering surrender.
• Lin Yuan caught up to Lan Xuanyu’s Skywing Fighter and praised the group, causing Lan Xuanyu to fear that the Longma higher-ups might be targeting the Sky Control Clan.
• Lan Xuanyu explained that his Dragon God Bloodline had probably made Lin Yuan mistake him for a High-Ranking Dragon and admitted that their mission had been dangerously reckless.
• Lan Xuanyu’s companions agreed to continue deeper into Longma territory, and the group decided to rest in a nearby asteroid belt before landing.

Lin Yuan found Void Worm hidden beneath Seventy-Sixth Resource Star and captured her after learning she had stopped producing Void Source Crystals. He planned to find her a master, leaving Void Worm terrified of what that would mean for her.

• Lin Yuan learned from a Sky Control Clan member that mining on Seventy-Sixth Resource Star had slowed and its remaining defenders had been sent to war.
• Lin Yuan erased the Sky Control Clan member's memories of their conversation and asked the Planetary Core where Void Worm was hiding.
• Void Worm reached for food in her silver pool, and Lin Yuan offered her Soul-Forged Demon Silver before revealing he knew who she was.
• Void Worm tried to escape through a spatial passage, but Lin Yuan used the Singularity to disrupt the cave's spatial coordinates and capture her.
• Lin Yuan told Void Worm he would find her a master, and she imagined being forced to cultivate and become a forbidden plaything.

Lin Yuan subdued the Sky Control Clan in their cave while waiting for the unstable space to settle. A day later, Lan Xuanyu and his team explored the cave in search of Void Source Crystals and discovered that the young man they had met was their Trial Officer.

• Lin Yuan used Battle Armor and Apocalypse to incapacitate the Sky Control Clan members, then sent them to the cave entrance with Shinra Tensei.
• Lan Xuanyu’s group landed on Seventy-Sixth Resource Star and found the Sky Control Clan’s base after Tang Yuge detected metal and unusual spatial fluctuations underground.
• Lan Xuanyu led the group into the underground passage despite the danger, where they found hundreds of dazed Sky Control Clan members and a cave distorted by the Space Element.
• Lan Xuanyu and his companions reached a pool of silver liquid and saw the young man they had met before waiting there.
• The young man revealed that he was their Trial Officer and reproached Lan Xuanyu for coming into the dangerous cave.

Lin Yuan disguised himself as the assessment examiner, pushed Lan Xuanyu and his team through a staged crisis, and criticized their tactics. After most of the team passed, Lan Xuanyu recognized Lin Yuan and angrily pushed him away.

• Lin Yuan revealed that the team had only found a prop bell and that the assessment offered five real bells for seven students, with failure meaning expulsion.
• Liu Feng launched a sacrificial attack while Qian Lei, Lan Mengqin, Yuanen Huihui, and the others joined the assault, but Lin Yuan seized Lan Xuanyu and disrupted their plan.
• Lin Yuan declared the team had failed, then reversed his decision and passed everyone except Lan Xuanyu, praising Liu Feng's performance.
• Lin Yuan offered to take over as the team's heart so Lan Xuanyu could become an interstellar commander and grow safely, and Lan Xuanyu realized the examiner was his brother.
• Lin Yuan revealed his true appearance, but Lan Xuanyu told him to go away and pushed him back.

Lin Yuan and Little Dragon God argued over Lin Yuan’s protectiveness and the risks they had taken for each other, while news arrived that the Sky Control Clan had surrendered. The chapter ended with Lan Xuanyu declaring he no longer wanted to be Lin Yuan’s little brother, and Lin Yuan’s Divine Position runes appearing as his anger rose.

• Little Dragon God wept and asked Lin Yuan whether he had ever truly cared about him, leaving Lin Yuan at a loss for words.
• Yang Hui told Lin Yuan that the Sky Control Clan had surrendered and invited him to attend the Federation’s victory banquet.
• Lin Yuan learned that Lan Xuanyu’s squad had been mistaken for an inspection team led by Tianlong’s illegitimate son, and warned Yang Hui that the surrender might not be straightforward.
• Lin Yuan apologized for speaking harshly and cautioned Lan Xuanyu not to take such risks, but Lan Xuanyu rejected his attempt to comfort him.
• Lan Xuanyu accused Lin Yuan of repeatedly putting himself in danger and said he did not want to be his little brother.
• Lan Xuanyu released an overwhelming aura, and Lin Yuan’s Divine Position runes appeared as he faced him in anger.

After Lan Xuanyu rejected Lin Yuan as his older brother, Lin Yuan left, and Lan Xuanyu broke down before urging his companions to keep training. A month later, the Federation celebrated its victory, while leaders gathered in Mingdu to welcome the Sky Control Clan and display their strength.

• Lan Xuanyu told Lin Yuan he did not want to be his little brother and ordered him to leave, so Lin Yuan departed after placing the Void Worm on Lan Xuanyu.
• Lan Xuanyu cried in the cave, then apologized to his companions and decided they should gather Void Source Crystals and return to the fleet.
• Liu Feng urged Lan Xuanyu to speak with Lin Yuan, but Lan Xuanyu said he felt like nothing more than Lin Yuan's little brother and then redirected the group toward training.
• A month later, citizens across the Federation celebrated its victory and praised the Child of Stars for his leadership and improvements to their lives.
• Representatives and faction leaders attended a banquet in Mingdu to welcome the Sky Control Clan, where Qiangu Qingfeng spoke with the Spirit Pagoda's vice tower master.

Lin Yuan’s growing authority in the Federation was acknowledged by the Speaker, who hoped he would lead it after the Speaker stepped down. On Tianlong Planet, Tianlong and Tianma discussed Tianlong’s breakthrough and the powerful enemy they still could not defeat.

• Lin Yuan watched Lan Xuanyu ignore him at the celebration while the Speaker praised his service and said the Federation’s factions had chosen him as their future leader.
• The Speaker said he hoped Lin Yuan would make the Federation independent and self-reliant before leaving the celebration hall.
• Tianma reported that the Sky Control Clan had lost the war and supplied Divine Rank experts for Tianlong’s breakthrough.
• Tianlong said he had reached the Half-Step God King threshold and needed to devour a Divine Rank planet to stabilize his power.
• Tianlong told Tianma that their enemy had also grown stronger and could have reached Rank 140, leaving them unable to challenge her even together.

Lin Yuan recorded six years of Federation affairs as the war with the Longma Galaxy continued in a stalemate, then examined a new war report and found the conflict suspiciously restrained. He remained focused on the approaching Federation Speaker election as ordinary citizens enjoyed rising prosperity despite the war.

• Tianlong told Tianma that they should prepare a grand gift for the Federation's deputy Speaker when he took office.
• Over several years, Lin Yuan handled Federation affairs, cultivated, helped improve the economy, and watched the war with the Longma Galaxy remain deadlocked.
• Lin Yuan recorded that Xiong Jun had reached Divine Rank, Huihui had chosen to become female, and the Little Dragon God had begun Heaven Fighter missions and brought him a strange crystal.
• Lin Yuan reached rank forty-nine and planned to break through rank fifty before heading to the battlefield.
• Lin Yuan read Yutian's flattering messages and concluded that both sides might be prolonging the war to wear down the Federation's forces.
• Lin Yuan saw that the war ranked only tenth among trending topics, while citizens discussed travel, shorter workweeks, and Tang Le's concerts.

Five years after Lin Yuan’s rise, he discussed his plans for the Federation and his strained relationship with Lan Xuanyu with Gu Yuena. He agreed to try to understand Lan Xuanyu’s grievances, then went to Yuanen Huihui’s dorm as Huihui faced a life-changing choice about his gender.

• Lin Yuan told Myriad Demon King that he hoped to build a future free from war, material hardship, and the limits of lifespan.
• Gu Yuena reminded Lin Yuan that Lan Xuanyu was angry with himself, not blaming Lin Yuan, and urged them to talk more openly.
• Lin Yuan decided to meet Lan Xuanyu at Yuanen Huihui’s dorm and try to understand his grievances, and he said Lan Xuanyu’s gift would be Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Yuanen Huihui prepared to choose whether to become female or male as he approached his eighteenth birthday.
• Qian Lei saw Yuanen Huihui in his beautiful female form and complained that Huihui had never told him he could transform.

Yuanen Huihui revealed that he had become a girl so he could pursue Lin Yuan, then exposed Dong Qianqiu's past kiss with him. The chapter ended with Dong Qianqiu openly admitting she liked Lin Yuan and teasing everyone about kissing his lips.

• Qian Lei joked that he would have pursued Yuanen Huihui if Huihui had become a girl, prompting the team to tease him.
• Yuanen Huihui told everyone he had chosen to become female because Lin Yuan liked girls and announced that he intended to pursue him.
• Yuanen Huihui revealed that Dong Qianqiu had kissed Lin Yuan on Elf Star, surprising Lan Mengqin and Lan Xuanyu.
• Dong Qianqiu admitted that she liked Lin Yuan and confessed she had kissed his cheek and lips.